On "The Situation Room" today, we asked viewers the following questions, and here are some of our favorite responses that we didn't get to read on air:
Should the U.S. send more troops to Afghanistan?Yes, if it's not too late. We should have kept them there to begin with instead of sending them to Iraq when we had Bin Laden cornered at Tora Bora. But W is determined to prove that he's right in Iraq by sending the troops there... instead of where they will do the most good. Where's Dwight Eisenhower when we need him?
Chip, Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaWhen will our leadership wake up to the fact the U.S. military force is helpless against the Islamic tidal wave in an undeveloped country with an embedded non-western tradition. We cannot win the "war on terror" with traditional military strategies. We proved that in Vietnam and Iraq.
JimYes! Afghanistan is the real "central front in the war on terror." If we hadn't taken many of them out in the first place to send to Iraq, where al Qaeda wasn't a problem, we could've fought them there rather than creating another battlefield for them in Iraq.
Jenny, New YorkWhat does the next generation of Iraqis have to look forward to?The Iraqis have two prospects: a relatively stable country with some semblance of a democracy (a highly unlikely scenario at this time); or, more likely, a permanently fractured state in a constant state of civil war, populated by a "lost" generation of embittered youth.
Mike, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaIraqis have a bleak future of control by Iranian-type fanatics and a generation of undereducated, unemployed, America-hating young men with nothing to do but fight and kill.
Donna, Sedan, KansasWhat should Congress do about the approaching Social Security and Medicare crises? Pull the troops out of Iraq and use the billions of dollars saved to take care of our people.
Bob, Ontario, Calif.Jack, One thing they could do is to repeal all of the massive tax cuts that the Bush gang gave to the fat cats and big businesses; that would go a long way toward fixing the problem.
Emmett, MichiganThe only thing they can do is be honest with the Americans: tell them they can't retire until they die. That's pretty much what Americans have figured out already.
Helen, Jolliet, Illinois
